Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the cantonal court could reconsider the husband’s divorce claim although he had not himself appealed the first-instance divorce ruling
Decisione estratta
Yes. Because the wife’s appeal concerned the divorce issue itself, the entire divorce question remained open before the appellate court under federal substantive law, even if the husband’s divorce claim had not been specifically challenged.
Motivazione estratta
The suspension of res judicata under cantonal procedure does not itself require a full rehearing only where the appeal is limited to ancillary consequences. But when the divorce question itself is brought before the appellate court, both spouses’ divorce claims and their legal bases remain inseparable and must be assessed fully; divorce cannot become final while either claim is still contested.